Fire-EMS
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The right messaging and training can give community members the confidence to step up during emergencies
Lillian Bonsignore draws on her 30-plus-year EMS career to spotlight the financial realities facing first responders
EMS providers are more susceptible to sleep disorders and their inherent dangers and health implications
A Common Pleas Court judge Thursday extended until Nov. 1 a temporary restraining order allowing city paramedics to continue receiving health-care benefits
More than half the calls were for advanced life support since 2009, which has generated additional revenue needed for the department’s growth
They were ‘thrilled’ with the care they received from Kawartha Lakes volunteer firefighters and EMS paramedics
One reason is so that the department can return to providing emergency medical service to the city
An hour before Obama’s speech, ambulance crews stationed at the campus as part of the White House event responded to reports of people ‘fainting, getting dizzy and otherwise passing out’
Rescue crews extricated the pilot and his wife and transported them to a local hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening
The decision to use priority transport is a way to manage the increased call volume expected with an aging population, Largo fire Chief Mike Wallace said
The study — issued by a range of groups in the scientific, firefighting, EMS and public-safety communities — shows “substantial differences” associated with first responder crew size
Responders rescued the girls’ father in a helicopter after he unsuccessfully tried to save his daughters
The detour has been a challenge for first responders and already has resulted in some delays on emergency calls
Doctors hoped to gain insight into the time and equipment needed for the care and transport of patients
Injuries were not life threatening; accident most likely weather related, spokesman said
Fire officials said the blast may have been related to record-breaking electricity use during Monday’s extreme heat wave
Fire Commissioner James Mack Jr. told a City Council committee he plans to hire 20 emergency medical technicians as soon as possible
A patient saw him place a tourniquet around his arm and inject himself with a needle
The two agencies have been at odds lately over the level of medical services the fire district should provide in pre-hospital emergencies
Leola Ambulance president Bob Eberly believe the 10 to 15 percent increase in ambulance calls is caused by the economy
Nearly all ambulance transport is now done by a Rural/Metro Ambulance under contract, but the city wants to take over much of the work
Some 140 people from 15 counties participated in the Community Emergency Response Team Jamboree weekend at Camp Laurel
The return to free service follows a decision by the school board last year to pay fire companies $50 per hour, with a minimum of three hours, for standby ambulance service
NIOSH looked into factors leading to the death of Homewood firefighter-paramedic Brian Carey, 28, during a house fire March 30
Jeffrey Given ‘was a key player’ in scheme where EMTs lied about training
Burlington Fire Captain Scott Carpenter said the deck suddenly detached from a house and crashed about eight feet to the ground
Responders said dramatic dash board video showed an SUV barreling down the wrong side of the street towards a department ambulance
The lives of 40 victims of acute heart-related problems may have been saved since 25 defibrillators were donated to the town of Auburn
Fire Department now has 24-hour ambulance crews
A Deputy Springfield Fire Chief said policy requires that requests to help lift, transfer or transport patients in non-emergencies be turned down
Firefighters say the public has been put at risk since they have been unable to continue providing paramedic services
Responders were unable to get the trapped conductor out of the wrecked locomotive, and a surgical team was called to amputate his arm
The union called the terminations unwarranted, saying it could not be determined who entered the slur on an ambulance computer terminal
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